Example sentences of "that [noun prp] [noun prp] [vb past] [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | She foretold the invasion and defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 ; and Samuel Pepys ' Diary grimly records that Mother Shipton gave forewarning of the Great Fire of London in 1666 . |
| 2 | But the prime minister , Pierre Beregovoy , pointed out that Mr Rocard had spoken of continuing to renovate the Socialists within a wider perspective . |
| 3 | She had heard from Mrs Crick that Mr Clare had spoken of marrying a country girl to help him farm , milk cows and reap corn . |
| 4 | I thought about the chips that Mrs Phipps had spoken of and remembered that I had nearly choked on them once . |
| 5 | At a previous hearing into Mrs Ormerod 's death , pathologist Ian McDicken confirmed that Mrs Ormerod had died of pneumonia caused by Legionnaire 's disease . |
| 6 | Opening the case , Mr Griffith-Williams said that a post mortem examination showed that Mrs McMullen had died of asphyxia due to blows to the nose and mouth and the introduction of soil and vegetation into her mouth , some of which she had swallowed . |